Gaochang Palace!

Ko Zhisheng sat on the throne and accepted the worship of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of Gaochang, looking at the ministers who bowed and bent down one by one, there was no joy in his heart, and some were just helpless. He is not without ambition, on the contrary, he dreams of being able to sit on the throne of Gaochang and become a master.

He has enough ambition and ambition, but Ko Wentai has always been healthy, and as the crown prince, he can only wait.

Now he finally waited, but he found that what he was waiting for was not a throne, but a furnace, a furnace with a raging fire, and as soon as he sat on it, the scorching temperature would turn him into ashes.

If you are an enemy of other countries, you may still have the heart to compete with it, but when you think that your opponent is the Tang Dynasty, your heart is empty: before this year, it was he who arrived in Chang'an to congratulate him instead of Lu Wentai, and he witnessed the strength of the Tang Dynasty and did not dare to resist.

He didn't want to sit, and generously expressed his lack of talent, hoping that the second prince Koji Zhigang would be able to succeed to the throne.

Koji Zhigang usually competes with him for favor, relying on his skillful bow and horse, and often puts on music, hoping to impress Ko Wentai and change the crown prince. This throne is a hot potato, whoever wants it, who wants it, will go.

But he didn't expect that in this situation, Koji Zhigang also showed a lot of generosity, and casually pushed it to the third child who was the most favored by Ko Wentai. The third child is not a fool, he doesn't take this hot potato. Originally, all the princes who wanted to fight for power, but in this time, they all became similar characters to Zhou Gongdan, one by one, and finally pushed to the sixth, who was only two years old, which can be described as extremely absurd and funny.

A country cannot be left without a king, especially at this critical juncture of life and death.

So, the ministers drove the ducks to the shelves, and put his eldest prince Koji Zhisheng in a high position, and there was no room for refusal. This son didn't want to sit, but he had to!

Thinking of Du He's popularity record of 6,000 to 70,000, he shuddered. The brave and warlike Western Turkic soldiers were so vulnerable in front of the 6,000 people of the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention the 100,000 Datang main forces that followed. How can you resist with only the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Gaochang City?

Koji Zhisheng looked coldly at the faces of the fleeing faction and the main peace faction in the middle of the court, and his heart was full of mania.

The runaways are not wrong here, in general. If you talk about factions, the military generals will fight the main battle, and the civil officials will be the main peace, which is basically an immutable law for the ages, but now it has changed in Gaochang, becoming the main peace of the civil officials, and the main escape of the military generals, forming a new main escape faction.

The formation of this main escape faction is attributed to the battle of Duhe, originally knowing that the Tang Dynasty army was pressing, some Yelang arrogant Gaochang generals still have the heart to fight with one, quite a bit of the courage to kill one and kill one, and kill two and a pair.

However, Duhe's battle at the Chiting Valley completely blinded them: with 6,000 soldiers, 70,000 Western Turks were wiped out at the cost of five. This is a major event that is enough to shock the Western Regions, not to mention that the strategist of the Western Turks is still Zhang Xiong, the first wise man in Gaochang. Originally, the generals who fought the main battle were like eggplants, deflated.

How can this be fought?

6,000 soldiers have been killed by 70,000 soldiers, is the 20,000 soldiers and horses in my own country enough for them to dry their teeth?

As a result, the cadres of the main battle faction invariably changed their words, not in the main battle, but in the main escape, and came up with the idea that they could not be defeated and could escape.

The Western Regions are so big, as long as they return to the original surname of the nomads and escape far away, can Datang really catch up?

As a result, a new faction, the main escape faction, was born.

"Alright, all of you stand down! Let Lone think about it for yourself! Koji Zhisheng distraught them noisy, out of sight, out of mind, and with a wave of his hand, he drove them out of the main hall.

Just when he had no clue, he suddenly came in from outside, and Zhang Xiong asked to see him.

Koji Zhisheng hurriedly invited Zhang Xiong in.

Li Wentai did not dare to appoint Zhang Xiong, but Mrs. Xiangyi knew that her nephew was very talented, so she asked several grandchildren to learn Tao strategy from him.

Zhang Xiong is the mentor of Koji Zhisheng!

"If the teacher is safe, the apprentice will be at ease!" Koji Zhisheng personally greeted him.

Zhang Xiong had already learned the news of Lu Wentai's return to heaven, and said with red eyes: "The king really went?" ”

Koji Zhisheng nodded sadly, but immediately asked for help: "Teacher, save me!" Faced with this situation, what should the futile do? ”

Zhang Xiong forcibly suppressed his sadness and did not say anything directly, but only asked about the situation in the DPRK and China.

Koji Zhisheng's face darkened when he heard this, he sat on the throne to catch ducks on the shelf, and he did not have the slightest prestige among the civil and military ministers, which was not enough to convince the public. Previously, in the court, the main escape faction and the main peace faction insisted on each other, and they did not look at him as a king at all, and with a cold face, he explained the situation in detail.

Zhang Xiong was furious when he heard this, and said: "Those who advocate escaping one by one should be pushed out and beheaded, this is pushing the king to death." I, Gaochang, have never been nomads, do not live on water and grass, and the reason why I can shock one side is because of the city. If I leave the city, all the wealth that I have accumulated over the years will become the target of all the countries in the Western Regions. In the Western Regions, when the law is strong, not only will Gaochang not exist, but all the people will also become slaves of all ethnic groups, which is unimaginable. ”

Koji Zhisheng was shocked, and he was reluctant to take the throne of Gaochang, and wanted to approve the opinion of the main escape faction many times, but when he saw that the main and faction had the upper hand, he couldn't say it. Hearing Zhang Xiong say this at this moment, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat and secretly shouted: "It's so dangerous!" Then he said, "Then according to the master's opinion?" ”

Zhang Xiong sighed: "It's better to surrender, the Western Turks had no intention of supporting Gaochang, and it was only after they persuaded the division at that time that they sent troops to help." In the battle of Chiting Valley, the Western Turks lost 70,000 soldiers and horses, and they will never come to support again. Datang's technology, military and talent are not comparable to us. If there is a glimmer of hope, I will fight for it. But there is no hope, and the stalemate is meaningless. In fact, the teacher came today to persuade him to surrender by the Tang Dynasty vanguard general Du He. You should know that you are a teacher, and you don't want to do such a shameful thing. Only, this is the only and best option. The intention of the Tang Dynasty was to occupy Gaochang, not just to make us submit, they wanted to permanently occupy and take root in order to control the Western Regions. Therefore, we must not be unscrupulous, but we must pay attention to means and try to reduce as much as possible the things that lose the support of the people and hurt the people's livelihood. It is certain that they will not treat the king badly, let alone the people of Gaochang. ”

Lu Zhisheng sat in the center of Gaochang's power, looking at Zhang Xiong blankly, but his heart was desolate, he was silent alone for a long time, and sighed: "Okay, everything depends on the master, let's go down!" ”

Chiting Ancient Road!

Hou Junji's army was still moving forward, and the mighty army of 100,000 tigers and wolves was marching towards Gaochang in the west at a speed that ordinary soldiers could not match.

"Ashina, how many days are left to get out of this hellish place?" Hou Junji was a little anxious in his heart, he had been walking in this damn Chiting Ancient Road for six days, although this place was not as bad as Mohe Yanqi, but as a person who had walked for nearly four months, this kind of non-stop marching was really not a taste.

Ashina Sheer didn't know where it was, but said: "This Chiting Ancient Road is four hundred miles away, and the last general has estimated the footsteps of our army, and it is about fifty miles a day, and there should be two days to go, which is already very fast." ”

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and the speed of the army was very slow, especially for the army of more than 100,000. Ordinary troops, walking fifty miles a day on the official road is very good, and now the Tang Dynasty can still have such a speed in the dangerous place of the Chiting Ancient Road, which is quite remarkable, which is enough to prove that the elite of the Tang Army, called the army of tigers and wolves, is not exaggerated at all!

Hou Junji also understood this truth and nodded.

"Boss! I would like to say, have you received news from General Du these days? I have the impression that he hasn't heard from him for a long time! Ashina Sheer mentioned Duhe again, which was exactly what he was most worried about.

Hou Junji sneered: "He has great ability, he comes and goes like the wind, who knows what happened." Maybe it's because I lost the battle, I'm embarrassed to summon me! That kid is young, leading troops for the first time, and it is reasonable to encounter a situation. If you want to blame, you can only blame himself, he doesn't know the severity, the march is chaotic, and he doesn't pay attention at all to keep a certain distance from my main army. "He is a little gloating, Du He is lost in Mohe Yanmo, he has to bear a little responsibility, but now because of himself, let the Gaochang people kill, but it is none of his business, he is happy to hear such news.

He was about to speak, but he saw a cavalry rushing from a distance, dressed in the clothes of a Tang Dynasty scout. He also had an arrow missing from his body, which appeared to be wounded, and it was very serious.

Ashina Sheer recognized the person who had come from him, and it was the scout he had sent out early in the morning.

"Report!" The scout was wounded by arrows, but he still insisted on completing the task, and said in a loud voice: "Report to the general, more than a thousand small groups of Western Turkic troops have been found ahead. ”

Hou Junji asked people to take scouts to heal their wounds, and immediately ordered: "General Qibi He Li, you immediately lead three thousand light horsemen to meet the attack, and be sure to take down all the enemies!" ”

Qibi He Li is also a foreign general who is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, brave and good at fighting, this listening to Hou Junji's order, Chang Xiao led the soldiers and horses galloped away and attacked forward.

In just half an hour, Qi Qi He Li led the army back to restore his life, and there were six bloody heads hanging in front of his horse!

At the same time, it also brought a piece of news, that is, the news that Duhe defeated the Western Turks with 6,000 soldiers and horses.

The figure of the more than 1,000 small groups of Western Turks mentioned by the scouts is the Western Turkic soldiers who escaped by luck. They made Du He's fire frightened, and they didn't dare to approach Chiting Valley, and marched in the opposite direction, and happened to meet Hou Junji's large army.

Hearing Du He's such a big victory, Hou Junji almost couldn't believe his ears, and at that moment, he completely understood Du He's thoughts, and shouted: "I'm angry!" ”

(To be continued)